The NCAA announced that the Miami RedHawks, led by Enrico Blasi, have been named the top overall seed for the NCAA Division I Ice Hockey Championship. The RedHawks are also the No. 1 seed in the Midwest Regional and will face No. 4 seed Alabama-Huntsville in Fort Wayne, Ind. Saturday afternoon at 4 p.m. Bemidji State, the No. 2 seed, meets No. 3 Michigan in the other semifinal game Saturday. The winners play at 8 p.m. Sunday for the regional title and a berth in the Frozen Four in Detroit, April 8-10.

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Mark Carlson guided the 2009 U.S. Junior Select Team to its second straight World Junior A Challenge championship with a 2-1 win over Canada West at Credit Union Place in Summerside, P.E.I. Team USA completed the tournament with a 4-0-1-0 record.

Carlson, the head coach and general manager of the Cedar Rapids RoughRiders (United States Hockey League), led the U.S. Junior Select Team for the second consecutive year. Carlson has led Cedar Rapids to nine straight winning seasons and Clark Cup playoff appearances. In 2004-05, Carlson was named the USHL Coach of the Year after finishing the season with a 42-13-5 overall record, and winning his first Clark Cup championship. Carlson has over 300 victories and was named the United States Olympic Committee Development Coach of the Year in 2008-09.